Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 17, 1894, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAy B COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICE - NO. 12 PEARL STRE] Delivered by carrier to apy part of the city. H. W. TILTON, Lessee. TELEPHONE editor, No, - —— MINOK MENTION. - Tusiness office, No. 43; night Mayrs Real Bstate Agency, The school board will hold monthly meeting this cvening. Mrs. J. C. Rockwell entertaiced the Bluff street nelghborly last ¥riday evening at her home. About twenty guests were present. Since these rans Judscn has good bl grass pasturage, after refusing 300 head dur. ing the drouth. Inquire at 929 Sixth avenue The presbytery of this district will meet at Menlo tomorrow. It will be preceded on Monday by a meeting of the Young People’s Socleties of Christian Endeavor Some unknown parly made a rald on Fairmount park Friday night and stole all the swings that hung in the trees for the delectation of picnic parties. There Is no clue fo his identity. The council will meet this evening. Among the matters of importance to be brought up 18 the question of renewing the contract with the Council Bluffs Gas and Electric Light com. pany. It will probably b decided once for all tonight. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Wycoft celebrated the twenty-fitth anniversary of thelr marriage Saturday evening at their home, 1711 High street. Japanese lanterns helped make the lawn pleasing to eye, and the guests all enjoyed the occasion hugely. Dr. G. W. Pangle, well known to the peo ple of Council Bluffs as “The Good Samari- tan,” and Miss Adeline Blackmore were married yesterday afiernoon at the Metho- dist parsonage, Rev. H. P. Dudicy officiat- ng. One of the gifts with which the couple will start out Is a magnificent plano, a gift from the groom (o the bride. News from Neola yesterd:y was to th effect that the delogates chosen at the re- publican primarics to the county conveu fon were in favor of J. M. Matthews for auditor W. M. Shepard for recorder, T. R. Bardsley for county attorney and W. H. Kilpack of Neola for clerk. The delegates from Ouak land were {nstructed to cast their votes for Freeman Reed for clerk. This evening (he Knights of Pythias will dedicate their new rooms in the third floor of the Merriam block. The work of reno- vating and refurnishing has been completed, and the knights have one of the best meet- ing places of any soclety in the city, A musical and literary program will b fur- nished this evening, to be followed by danc- tog. All members of the local lodges and all visiting knights will be made welcome. Money to loan on Improved farms at low rales. Bargains in real estite, Fouses for rent. Fire and tornado insuratce written Money loaned for lccal investors. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pear! street. Broadway its regular GEYT BOSYO! Read Now Revised List. Entire stock fall garments, cloaks and capes, sold from $5.00 to $10.00, new price now $3.39. BIg_ lot rain sold for $1.00, $1.19, (e Gents’ teh, 67c. 0dd lot gents' gray mackintoshes, sold for .00 each, new price now $2.98. Lot prints, blue prints, red figured prints, 1 A nice, cledn bat, worth 10c, for Tc. Ribbon, Nos. 5, 7, 9, 12, all silk, all colors, be. Kirk's Laundry Bar soap, only 19c. See our yard-wide, all wool ladies’ cloth at 26c a yard. Full range of colors. Blankets, underwear, cloaks, yarns, hosiery and dress goods now open for parison. BOSTON STOR Council Bluffs, [ORE PRIOES. umbrellas, $1.33, 28 new and 30-inch, price now fall weight shirts, with tie regular $1.00 stock, new price to now wool com- Ta. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. F. Covalt and O. E. Lamb are home Kansas. Miss Mittie Pile started Saturday for City, to enter the State university. Miss Georgla Newton has returned from a visit to Lead and Hot Springs, 8. D. Mrs. R. N. Slyter of Third avenue is the guest of her sister in Logan for a few days. J. E. Barstow has returned from a visit to his former home in Ilinois, and is the guest of his brother, Dr. J. M. Barstow. A lurge delegation, numbering perhaps fifty, went to Logan from this city yesterday to attend the convention of the Latter Day Saints. Settle the Question Yourself. Whether it Is more profitable to pay the eame old exorbitant prices or to purchase your shoes at a_cash store, whose motto is “the best goods for the least money,” where there are 1o bad debts for good customers to pay, and no poor goods at high prices. Dun- can's prices are a great surprise to all shrewd buyers, Hard times school shoes, 75 cents. Top noteh school shoes, $1.00 and $1.25. Wear well school shoes, $1.25 and $1.50. Men’s nice dress shoes, $1.50. Ladles’ Viel kid button, $1.50. Our prices range from 25 cents to $2.00 less than the old prices. Our Curtis & Wheeler ladies' fine shoes, best made, $3.50. Our Eddy & Webster ladies’ last made, $3.50. Johnson & Murphy and Stacy Adams’ men's fine shoes, $4.00. $6.00 and $6.00 men's tan shoes to close out, $2.50. DUNCAN'S S8HOE STORE, Next to Beno's, The cause of the present boom in real estate {s due somewhat to the successful sale of fruit and garden lands by Messrs, Day & Hess in the Klein tract. They have 200 acres in amounts to suit, suitable tor fruit and gardens. Also bearing fruit farms for sale. Dr. Harry L. Janney, physiclan and sur- geon, successor to Dr. C. H. Pinney. Office, §|I§ Pearl street, Council Bluffs. Telephone Domestic s0sp breaks hard water. Dance Broken Up by Toughs. News s brought to The Bee of another depredation committed last Saturday night at Crescent by that motorious gang of plug uglies composed of CIiff and Selly Hough, Dutch Boyington and ‘‘Dago Dick” Landon. A dance was in progress and everything was goIng on pleasantly when the gang rushed in and without the slightest provocation or warning commenced to knock people down. All were drunk, and armed with clubs, brass knuckles, or such other weapons as came handy. ~ Ernest Menary of the firm of Menary B nurserymen, at Crescent, was struck with the knuckles and hurt so badly that a doctor had to be called to dress his wounds. Every member of the gang s known (o the police of Council Bluffs as an ex-convict and a general desperado, One of them, it Is said, has served ten months in the penitentiary for burglarizing a store not-ten rods away from the scene of this dis- graceful outr from Towa, fine shoes, 00l Shoes. 1t you want schcol shoes for the children it will pay you to go to Sargent's, I hive made a great effort o get school shoes with style and wear, and have succeeded, and at a moderate price. Good spring heel whoes, sizes 11, 12, 13, 1 and 2, The. SARGENT, {13 Broadway. No delay In closing loans on improved farm lands at low rates. Abstracts of title prepared and real estate for sale. Pusey & ‘Thomas, 201 Pearl street, Councll Bluffs. Best Centerville lump coal, $3.50 per ton. H. A, Cox, 67 Maln street. Telephone 48, Gas cooking stoves for reat and for sale at Gas Co.'s office. Eagle laundry, 724 Broadway, work, Tel. 157, For cobs go 10 C bone 48. Best paints tn the world. Davis, druggist, ‘mua »0Ap outlasts cheap oA r good 10 Maln strest. Tele- [NEWS FROM COUCIL BLUFFS Fate of the Y, M, 0. A, Now Hanzs Trem- bling in the Balancs, M.ETI G WIL DECIDE ON IT TONCHI Organiiation in & ld Way and Some De- cisive Steps Must Soon Be Taken or the Associmtion Will Die from luanition. At a meeting of the friends of the Young Men's Chrisifan ascoclation to be held in the parlors of t Presbyteifan church this evening su..c questions wiil come up for consideration closely connected with the future of the organization. It has been an open sceret for several months past (hat the association was not proving any t0o success ful, and as a matter of fact it has now reached the point where it will have to quit breathing entirely unless something of a radical nature is done to give it a new lease ot life. It Is encumbered with a debt of about $1,100, and although the expenses have been cut down to the lowest poasible limit it Is still a losing Investment. A short time ago It was found impossible v pay the land- lord, and the association had to move out of its quarters in the Merriam biock into the pera louse bullding, where not overly in viting quarters have been fixed up. At the ng this evening the question of giving up the assoclation will be discussed. Ma are of the opinion that if the organization is to be run ou the scale it has been for (h last year or £0 it might us well ba discontin ued entirely, and it is likely that some act fon will be taken which will either furnish enough money to m the association & cr wiil put it out of rst SEf SAL Bennixon ro pday’s Special Offe Tak: advantage of these great bargalns in silks and dress goods. 6 p.eces G0-inch black gloria silk, good value at $1 Monday 59¢ a yard. 60c quality all wool 8S-inch black henrietta, Monday 3% a yard. 7 quality biack henrleita, 40 nches wid>, Mon- day 50c a yard. 75c on Monday buys our fin est quality black silk finish henrietta, always sold at $1.00. Get samples and compare with others. Our $1.00 quality imported 46-inch black serge, Monday 75¢ a yard We carry the largest stock f black dress goods in this city, and ai prices that defy competition. 40-inch Covert cloths, th dress goods, a1l colors, Monday 50c a yard. See our novelty dress patterns. No two alike, at $6.98 to $20.00 per su.t. D n't buy anything in dress goods you see ours, 5,000 rolls of 10c cotton batts, Monday 6ec roll. Monday we sell batts at 8%4¢ roll Standard dress prints at 3%c yard, Good quality white Shaker flannel, G yard. All cur Sc and 10c outing flannels at Gc a yard. 200 dozen ladics’ jo pants 25c each Sy corset sale. Monday we offer 500 . C. fast black long waist regular $1.00 corsets at 79c a pair. Don't forget our carp:t and curtain de- partment. Open Monday evening. BE newest thing in until our snow white cotton ey rtibbed vests and NISON BROS,, Council Bluffs, Funeral of Mr.. Cora Parsons. The funeral of the late Mrs. Cora Farns- worth Parsons was held yesterday afternoon at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, 8. Farnsworth, on South Eleventh street. The deceased was promincnt in social affairs, and every one who knew her was saddened at the news of hir death. She left for the west last spring, accompanied by her mother and sister. While in Los Angeles, Cal., she was met by Dr. I. U. Par- sons, formerly of this city, and they were marri:d. Next Wednesday would have com- pleted the fourth month of their married life. About two weeks ago her physical condition became such that her physician could give her no hope of life. Her father was tele- graphed to, and when he arrived it was his daughter's only hope that she could get back home and see her friends once more. Un- expectedly the end came and she was unable to tulfill the wish, Th: husband and father brought the body back to this city. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. J. Babcock and were witnessed by a large number of sorrowing friends. Music was furnished by Mrs. W. W. Sherman and Mrs. F. H. Evans, with Miss Jennl: Keating at the piano. After the services the re- mains were conducted to Fairview cemetery and deposited in their last resting place by tha pall bearers, Messrs. E. H. Lougee, Theodore Laskowski, W. I. Thickstun, B. B Bowman, jr., E. O, Shepard, Wallace Shepard, J. I Paxten and C. E. Woodbury. Dr. Parsons will remain in the city for a few days, visiting his parents and friends, be- fore deciding what he will do further. His home having been broken up, ther: is some doubt as to his returning to California. 83.00 *hoes for Gentlemon. T still carry the same line of men's $3.00 shoes, sll-styles, including razor tees, ete Havo sold this line of shoes eight years and kncw how every pair will wear. SARGENT, 413 Do you know that 4c a day will heat a room all winter with Cole’s Air Tight stove. The cheapest and most powerful heater ever sold. Burns wood, Just the thing for spring and fall heating. Cole's, 41 Main street Broadway. Instruction on the plano will be given to a linrited number of puplls by Mrs, J. A. Roff, 1022 Fifth avenue. Wall paper, special sale, at half price. J. D Crockweil, 411 Broadway. Washerwomen use Domestic Made the C In spite of the fact that it was announced that the proposed century run to Sioux City had been abandoned on account of the recent rains, five Ganymedes gathercd at the club house yesterday morning to make the rur They were Captain Willlamson, Ray Bixby, W. 'D. Carrothers, Tillus Dahl and John Hansen. The last named was not a Gany- mede, but a small boy who has never riddn more than ten miles at a streteh in_his life, He made 100 yesterday, however. Willlam- son and Bixby put in nine hours of actual riding time in golng to Sioux City, a distance of 115 miles, arriving there at 4:30 o'clock, twelve hours and a half after leaving the club house. ‘At Salix, an even hundred from Councll Blufls, Dabl punctured his tire and Carrothers and Hansen decided to stay with him, as they had completed the 100 miles, even though they had not caught a whill of Sioux City wind, To the surprise of the riders, the first fifty miles of road were In good shape, and Carrothers, Dahl and Hansen covered it in four hours and fiftecn mintes. The last half of the jourcey showed a road that would have churned butter without any difficulty. All five of the men returned home last evening by train. Strong & Carroll's and Stacy Adams shoes for gentlemen at SARGENT'S. They need no recommendation. ans Laundry Compavy. 520 Pearl street. Telephone, 290. Selected hardwood [ r hea A. Cox, 87 Main street, ng stoves, H. Telephone 48. Duncan's shoes are always the best and cheapest, — - Fire Damp Detector, An electrical fire damp detector has been devised for use in coal mines. The instru- ment cousists of two identically similar spirals of fine platinum wire, ‘one of which is Inclosed In an air tight tube containing alr and having the upper end glazed, while the other is contained by a wire guaze tube of similar size, which s also glazed at its upper end, both tubes being arranged ver- tically. The use of the (nstrument is based on the fact that a spiral of platinum wire that has been heated to redness burns more intensely when it is plunged into a vessel | ratble's curse. When a current of electrh is paseed through both spirals in air, they glow with equal brilliance, but when {he instrument is introduced into an etmosphere charged with inflammable gas, the wire guaze tube glows the more brilliantly, the brilliancy being pro portional to the amount of inflammable gas present. An arrangement Is also provided by which it s poasible to easily calculate the actual percantage of dangcrous gas pres. ent - BOOKS OF THE MONTH, Il the Government Own Our Rail roade?’ by Eugene D. Mann is a pamphlet Issued by Town Toples Publishing company, New York, arguing in favor of a compromise by which the roads would come under gov ernment management, while present owners would recelve an income from ownership Just as betore. There are ghosts and ghosts and even other Khosts, as is hinted in fhe title “The Water Ghosts and Others,” a group of short stories by John Kendrick Bangs. In fact the epir| invoked by our author ere all ‘honest ghosts,” good-natured denizens of the night whose veins ar> not full of the blood-curdling but of broad, smiling humor. Their eyes wink and instead of freezing the blood of their interviewers they even condescend 1o permit their own blood to freeze—at least such a fate is embraced by the principal ghost of the lot, the water ghost, and the poor fellow fs left in a London refrigerator to_thie day imprisoned, “to be baited with the " Mr. Bangs' galaxy of sprites on the whole are very entertaining, even if pot always up to modern ideals of form and propriety. Vignettes of Manhattan,” by Brander MatthewN describes varlous phases of life in the great metropolis, The series have previously appeared in Harper's and now for ‘he first time are collected in one volume. A very pleasing feature of the book are I admirable illustrations. The sketches are all afthful port nd will be highly appre- * by George Du Maurier, has been ial form by so large a number of readers that little can be sald to add to the {avor in which it is already held, and fts appearance now in book form with illustra- tions by the author will introduce its quaint heroine to a still larger audience. Trilby is not a woman of any social standing, but sin p'y a professional model who hangs arour the Quartier Latin of Paris in the early '50's, bare-headed und wearing a big military coat with epaulets, and huge slippers which she would kick off when her foot was desired ae a model, and the foot was very frequently brought info requisition for that purpose, for {n exhibiting it she would insist “It's the handsomest foot in all Parls; there's only one in all Paris to match it, and here it is’ with which off went the mate. But the lower extremities did not monopolize all that was remarkable about this damsel, for her volce Was an organ of surprising power, range and &weetness, but coupled unfortunately with an car that could not distinguish one note from another—could scarcely tell a bass from a treble, and caused her hearers to resort to flight or stopping of their ears. But what added charm to her peculiar individuality was the purity of her character in spite of having affairs with half a dozen men in the tudios. Disappointed in love, she leaves Paris to reappear years later as a great prima donna, where she again meets her old flame. She is married now to a former ac- quointance, a Jew who recognized the posSi- bilities of her voice and by his mesineric arts trained her as a singer. Some alter: tions have been made in the story in defer ence to Mr. Whistler, who saw in Joe Sibly an unpleasant resemblance to himself. The band of an artist s shown in its precision and the adherence to detail while preserving that final test—effect Tu the annual statistics of manufactures for 1893, issued by the Commonw.alth of Massachusetts, are many facts and figures 1flecting the depressed condition of n- Austries in the past year. Speaking of the voleme of business done in the state it says: ‘The average proportion of the business dune reachod 69.38 per cent in 1892 and .13 per cent in 1893 of the full preductive capacity of the 4,397 establishm.nte, a de- crease of 1470 per cent. The average nun ber of days in operation was 297.83 in 18 and 277.06 In 1893, a decrease of 6.87 per cent.” Considering the fact that the real dicline in business began in the latter half of the year, cumulating in volume as the months passed, the average shown indicates a severe contraction of business. “Unemployment” is made the subject of a report of the Massachus:tts bureau of statistics, by Horace G. Wadlin, chief of the burean. It is quite an exhaustive re- view, embodylng accounts of the experi- ences of other nations and our own country under various circumstances in the past. In addition to the varicus forms of treatment such as through labor colonies, employment bureaus. intelligence offices, ete., a vast array of valuable statistics have been gathered, and a larg: amount of testimony and suggestions are collected, making the work a most promising field to occupy the attention of the student and investigator. A beautiful monogram entitled *The City of Roses” has been issud by the city of Little Rock, Ark., to illustrate its ad- vantages. “Armageddon; or the Final Battle Between the Wealth-Makers and the Wealth-Takers" Is the title of a ncw song book published by Wealth-Makers Publishing Compary, Lincoln, Neb. “Facts About the South,” by Richard H. Bdmonds, Is A pamphlet reviewing the progress made in that section during recent years, It !s published by the Manufacturers' Record Publishing Company, Baltimors, Md. A decldediy original portrayal of moun- taineer life in the west is glven in “On Cloud Mountain,” by Frederick Thickstun Clark. ~The scene 18 laid in a remote section of Colorado, among the ranches scatter.d upen its high uplands. Its delineation of character and unique vernacular convey a freshness and vigor peculiarly western and fairly outwesterns the ordinary lingo of border life. The story itsif is full of pathios and holds its interest throughout. The third voume of the '‘Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier,” s now out, covering that interesting period of French history, the years 1814 and 1815, which was proliic in incidents. The work is translated by Charles E. Roche and, coming from a promi- nent participant In that eventful period, is in- vested with a degree of reliability in many respects authoritative, It will be welcomed as an important addition to the literature of French history. ““Marsena,” is the story of a love-sick vil- lage photographer. It is a pathetic tale in which a superficial woman with shallow sen- timent plays at the heart strings of the de- luded swain. The lover meets death on the battiefleld, clutching the skirt of his inam- orata, who sits unconsclously fanning a more aristocratic hero. Several other short war stories are included in the volume. “Protection to Staple Agriculture,” iz a paper sent out by D. Lubin of Sacramento, Cal., in which the writer advocates the redue- tion, through the government, of the cost of transporting staple agricultural products from American to foreign sea ports. The object, as he states, 1s to enhance the price of stapl agricultural products in the United States 50 as to equalize the burdens and benefits of protection. A story, brimful of novelty and adven- ture, written for Young America, and one that wil instruct as well as fascinate the youthful minds, Is “The Fur-Seal's Tooth," by Kirk Munroe. Its scenes are from Alaska, “that far northern land of romance and desperate adventure,” as the author characterizes it. It is profusely iliustrat:d, and both In binding and typography wears an attractive dress. Lord Ormont and His Aminta,” by George Meredith, Is a beautifully preserved literary cadaver. There is something fresh about it, but it belongs, nevertheless, to the past It is a plece of rust-cleaned armor out of harmony, even in its polish, for its present assoclations. Its style, simple and classic, is yet peculiarly Involved, and it has an air of that super-culture and distance that wouid do forty years ago, but life Is too short in these days to grovel In the microscopic egolsm of a pair who don’t touch the same curr:nts of life as common folks. No person familiar with New York City can fall to discover a new interest in the streets of which he catches a glimpse from the elevated rallway, after cousulting the bright pages in Thomas A. Janvier's book, entitled, In Old New York, which has come from the press of Harper & Brothers. Changes wrought by time in the appearance of things and In the manners and customs and costumes of peopl: are delightfully shown by the {llustrator, Mr. Rogers. The book will be entertaining and helpful to ali those who, living far from the great city, care to learn through what vicissitudes it read in s contalulng alr mixed wilh Infammable gas. lhll passed, OMAHA DAILY BEK: MONDAY, UNCLE AN T00 SLOW (Continued from ¥ “ rst Page.) Chinese point of view. Troops were origl- nally dispatched by Hi Lung Ghang, it de- clares, coely in response (o (h: king of Corea’s appeal for aid in suppressing a re- bellion, These troops did not ‘enter Seoul, but went direct to the districts i revolt DISPERSED THE INSURGENTS, ‘At the first rumor of {h ir approach,” the document asserts, “‘the Insurgents dis p-rsed and our army, having brogght merciful relief to the dist mediated a victorious retiremen Japanese urmy suddenly appeared on the Sceme, demanding that Corea should repudiate her alliance to China and declare herselt independ:nt, and making rules for the ateration of the gov- ernment, which the king was required (o conform to. nce Corea been a d:- pendency of China, from tine immemorial, in consequence of which condition of vassalige the Corean treaties of western powers w re du'y approved and recorded’ in Peking, this action was ‘an offence against (he dignity and authority of China.’ his has been recognized by the English fan govirnment, which has exhorted Japan to desist from her unjusti- fiable course, but thelr extremely fair and just proposal has been stubbornly rejected by Japan. Moreover, by a most unexpected and treacherous scheme, Japan commenc s hostilities by firing on and damaging our transport ships and then aftacked and sank the British steamer, flying the English flag China, therefcre, can carry forebearance nc further, but f:els constrained to take effectual casures. This full statement of the cir- umstances under which Japan iniquitously and un‘awfully commenced war is presented with the expectation that the various govern- ments wlil h-ar with wondering con n and will know where to lay the entire blame which attaches to them. HELVY MOVEMENT OF TROOPS, panese Transports Conveying T sund Soldiers to the « oust. LONDON, Sept. 16.—A dispatch from Shanghai dated today says news has reached on-Tsin that the fleet of twenty-one Jap- anese transports, conveying 10,000 troops, sailed a few days ago from a Japanese port. It is suppos:d it is the intention of the Japanese commander to land his forces at point on the Chinese coast. The ese fleet, under the command of Admiral has sajled south for the purpose of ¢ pting the Jupanese. Orders huve been sent to all Chinese ports to maintain a most careful watch for the approach of the el my. The correspondent of the Times at Yoko- bama says: Large reinforcements of Japanes: troops have gone to Corea. Wagers ure being made in Tokio that the Japancse army will occupy Pekin, the capital of China, Mukden, the capital of the province of Leaotan, Manchoria, by November 3 A later Shangl.al dispatch says adyices have reached there from Nagasaki, showing that a number of Japanese troopsh'ps, conyoyed by men-of-war, have left Heroshima, Island of Hondo, bound for Chemulpo, Corea. These probably are the vessels mentioned as being bound with Japanese forc:s for China. It Is doubtless exaggerated news fr m h-re, and it was taken for granted the destination of the army was China, and its object the capture of some port which could be wsed as the base of operations for futur: movements. It is now admitted the Chinese were de- feated with a loss of 500 men in an engage- ment which to-k placo on August 13, A dispatch to the Standafd from Berlin says Prince Yzing, head'of the foreign office at Peking, has induced {he emperor to jesue a decree ordering that henceforth no Chinese viceroy shail meddle in fors‘gn affairs. The viceroys have been informed that the foreign policy’ wi'l be conducted ‘in the future exclu- sively by the f reign office. This, it is add d, 1s unpleasant for Li Hung Chang. The vice- roys of Nankin, Canton, Manchoor'a and Kashgar have all interfered more or less in such matters, The dispatch further says the emperor has received many letters fr.m Co- rean noblemen and generals assuting him of their undiminished fidelity, despite the Co- rean king's declaration of independence, RELIABLE REFORTS SCARCE. Telegraph Wires Plocked by the Hostile Armies on Both Sides. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.—The steamer Oceanic arrived here this morning from Yokohama biinging Japanese advices to Sep- tember 2. Littla or no intclligence was brought from China direct, and the following notice, which appears al the head of the cditorial in the China Gazette, a newspaper published In Shanghal, seems to indicate the difficulty of obtaining reliable information from Chinese soure ‘In the present situation of utterly impossible to get any reliable infor- mation over the Chinese \wires or from Chinese sources, and we are compelled, ther fore, to wait until the Japanese official ac- counts of the progress of the war between China and Japan are first published in the press of the laiter couniry and then get them telegraphied here. The Chinese have, by their disgraceful mendacity in the Kowshing affair and thelr refusal to trans- mit any telcgram which does not glorify them and mislead the public as to (heir true condition, cut themselves off from all chance of their reports being believed by people who want to get at the truth.” BLAME LI LU affairs it is G CHANG. 0ld Viceroy Severely Condemned by Lead- Ing Chinamen for Recont Defeat. SHANGHAI, Sept. 15.—Leading Chinamen bitterly complain of the manner in which the war is being conducted. They especially condemn Viceroy Li Hung Chang, whom, they declare, has made China lose caste. The navy, they say, remains idle and the army Is no good. Certain prominent off- clals are supposed to keep a number of sil- diers in regular training for war, and it is now declared they make up their quota of men by enlisting coolies, who will not sub- mit to discipline and who cannot endure the hardships of troops In active service. PREFERS THE UNITED STATES. Sir John O0'8rien Declures that Newfound- land Will Not Join Canada. LONDON, Sept. 16.—The Chronicle today publishes an interview with Sir John T. O'Brien, governor of Newfoundland, who is spending a vacation in England, with refer- ence to the question of confederation. Gov- ernor O'Brien says that so far as Ne foundland was concerned, confederation was not a live issue, but if th: question ever arose he should say that the people were probably more inclined to join the United States of America than Canada. It was most Improbable, however, that such an {ssue would arise. Ther: Is no weakening in the loyalty of the people of Newfoundland to Great Britain. WILL RISK RIS HEAD, Duc @'Orleans Antounces that He Make nn Effort to Reign. PARIS, Sept. 16.-Thé Gaulois says that on the occasion of . the, Comte d'Aumule’s visit to Stowe house after the funeral of the comte de Paris the Duc d'Orl:nas burst- ing Into tears said:, Bxile my father. 1 will risk anything rather than inaction. 1 will risk my head te weturn to France, and if 1 am fortunate enough to reign I will risk my head rather thaw be dead.” win Statistics of metrdpolitan railrcad and ferry traffic are of especial Interest at this time when there are so many schemes on foot to increase methcds of rapid transit. Over 323,000 railrcad trains roll into the rail- road stations at the Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken termini every year and dis- charge about 40,000,000 passengers, who cross the river to New York. The North river ferries all told carry upwards of 30,- 000,000 passengers a year. ‘The Manhattan Elevated rallroad carries ab.ut 215,000,000 persons, and the surface lines about 250,- 000,000 more. The Brooklyn elevated lines carry about 54,000,000, and 45,000,000 cross the East river on the bridge, and about 22, 000,000 on the ferries. This makes a tctal of 666,000,000 carrled by the ferries and bridge crossing the two rivers, riding on the elevated roads of both cities and (he sur- faco lines of New York. These figures are simply stupendous. Nearly 2,000,000 per- #ons in & greater New York population of SEPTEMBER 17, 189 ¢ 8,600,000 are thus transported every duy ' {8 & question whether the railroad s es even of London surpass these figures. WHAT INCAPABLE RULE OCO3T. Here Are the Figures, Running Inte Thousunds of Mithe The depression that resulted from the a tempt of the democratic party to carry its pledges which were made in the cago platform two years ago h ognized in every out Chi s been rec- branch of business, and it has becn known for many months that the loss to the United States would amount 1o many millions of dollars. Only recently, sa the Toston Advertiser, has the attempt been made to reach any exact estimate of th amount of dimage done, and the results d. veloped by the computation form a crushing arraignment of the democratic party, which has just confessed in congress its inabily to_carry out the promised policy of tariff reform. Business has been forced into stagnation for more than a year, with the pitiable result of a policy which Increases by $40,000,000 the taxation of the American people and makes generous gifts with one hand to the great trusts, while with the other hand onerous restrictions are luid upon the industries of the north. For nearly a year tarift agitation has been kept at the front, and now that a bill has beer pasced that Is distasteful and objectionable to every honest democrat, it fs surely time o count the cost of all this desultory and disappointing tariff tomfoolery Onc of the best indications of the volume of business is to be found in the bank clearings of the country from week to week since the democratic parly came int power. The first 4 of democratic rulo showed bank clea of $4,918,819,872, as compared with $5,066,679,409 for the simi- lir period in 1892, In May the clear.ngs held slightly above the average for 1882, but from June until the close cf the year the figures show:d quite plainly the depres- sion that was settling upon business. The clearings for 1892 averaged nearly $5,200,- 000,000 each n.onth, but in 1893 the clearings for’ July ware $1,137,060,881, and at that time the stste of affairs was generallly thought o be almost equal to a panic. Y the balances sank lower and lower even when the silver question was settled. Au- gust clearings amounted to $3,316,000,000; ember showed but $1,311,000,000; Octo- 483,000,000, and December, $4,022,000,- In 1894 the story of democratic rule for one year was completed by $1,020,000,- 000 for Jinuary, $3.188,000,000 for Feb and $3,728,000,000 for March, the cl for the two hs being less thiee for the “panic months” of June and July, 1893, 1In all, the clearings for the democratic year were about $48,000,000,000, as compared with $62,000,000,000 for the pre- ceding year of republicin rule This loss of $14,000,000,000 of business in the United States, a loss of about $200 for every man, woman and child in this country, was significant enough of the fruits of tar- iff agitation, but the clearings since then have been all below the figures of 1892, and it is plain that the loss is even greater this year than last by about $3,000,000,000. As a natural result of the business depression failures grew more numerous. The Increase in failures was above 25 per cent in a single year, and the number of failures among sound” business houses increased more than threefold, while the total amount involved in_failure increased by about 0,000,000, It deserves to be said also that, while these figures deal mainly with business houses that were engaged in mercantile or manufacturing pursuits, the farmers also felt the stress quite as keenly. In the past year the value of horses has decreased $13.30 per head, or about 20 per cent; mules, $8.51, or nearly 12 per cent: while other f animals have shown such decrease In v that the farmers’ losses in that one b of th trade exceeded $300,000,000. losses in the sheep and wool industry have been heavy, falling little below $50,000,000, or n-arly $60 to every sheep raiser. The low price of wheat has injured farmers heavily, and has reduced the price of labor in the west so that in some sections men have been working this summer for 35c a day. In manufacturing also the amount of loss's in wages alone is enorimous, there being a decrease of 8,000 in the number of operatives in seventy-five Rhode Island mills alone, to say nothing of the entire mill in- dvetry of New England. In the building trades of Niw York the decrease in the amwount of annual wuges Is given as about $7.000,000, Altogether, taking ito account the tre- mendous 1oss In bank clearings, amounting to $40,000,000 a day, in addition to the business transacticns that were not transacted through banking institutions, it is plain that the loss has be:n enormous. On the basis of the statisties that have been collecied by the federal government, by the state bureaus of labor and by Bradstreet’s, the estimate of the absolute l0ss to the United States during the past eighteen months of business depressi n is fixed at $1,000,000 a day! The democratic party has forced the country to submit to this gigantic loss for the privilege of looking on while a democratic congres quarreled and dickered and jobbed, only to agree upon a measure which the whole country pro- nounces to be a pitlable surrender to the dictates of a few allied trusts and a flat re pudiation of the plain, explicit promises under which the democratic parly gaincd control of the federal government The mcst dar'ng exploits of confidence men of “green-goods” dealers, of “bunco’ and *gold-brick” sharpers sink into utter insig- nificance in comparison with the political history of the past eighteen months, during which the people of the United States have been swindled cut of $1,000,000 or more every day, only to get such a contemptible thing as the Gorman bill as a “‘sawdust” apology for the promised tariff reform. ————— THIS MODEL WASN'T TIRED. than An Extremely Trying Pose, Matter at AllL Good artist’s models are unusually plenti- ful this summer, and the studios of the bet- ter-known painters are flooded with appli- cants who want to pose. A majority of these are professional models, says the New York Sun, but theatrical people, who, being stranded in the city for the #eason, which is an unprecedented one in theatrical annals for dullness, and being short of money, are very glad to pick up a few dollars in the studio. Artists are always glad to get this kind of models, for the stage people not only pose well and with great patience, but there is found emong them, so0 painters say, a greater variety of peculiar types of faces and figures than in any other profession. In the matter of peculiar and unusual muscular development, especially, the “knockabout’ actors and varlety performers are valuable. The women, however, have not the courage of their convictions, have the profes- sional models, and ' decline in almost all cases to pose for the “altogether.” The most remarkable thing about these theatrical posers is the ease with which they assume difficult attitudes and the pa- tience with which they preserve them. A well known painter recently employed u young woman who has been a variety ac- tress since her earliest childhood to pose for him, and “set” the model in an extremely diffcult position. He made things as easy as possible for her by arranging a rest for her head, and every few minutes he would stop and tell her she could rest. To this the Invariable response would be: “Oh, I'm not tired. Go right Never mind me." He would insist, however, on her resting. One day, determined to test her endurance, he painted steadily for nearly haif an hour, purposely omitting to offer her a chance to rest, and presently in his interest in the work forgot all about the possible discom- rt of the girl. When he finally did think of her it was with a start of self-condem- nation, as he saw by his watch that the patient model had held that trying pose for e than an_hour. I'm through for today, Stella to her. “I forgot all about you. be awfully cramped.” “By jove! She must have falnted the paliter. “What a careless beast 1 am.' He went over and lifted the girl, who stirred, looked around in a puzzled way, stretchied herself, and said “What? What time is it? Did you call me? O, I guess I must have fallen asleep.” How on earth came you asleep all twisted awry like th inquired the amazed artist “That's nothing,” returned Stella, smilng, “I did a contortion act for three years, and that pose is & soft thing for me.” ol il “American Lite Insurance Methods,” by Miles M. Dawson; “Classification of La by Russell H. Curtis, and “Relation of Taxa- tion 10 Moncpoies,” by Emory R. Johnson are three recent pap:rs submitted to the American Academy of Political and Soclal Sclence at Phlladelphla, but it Didn't ahead. he sald | ployed by RELIGIOUS. It is stated that out of the 40,000 men em the rallroads of this country only attend church regularly. A King's Daughters circle in San Franc 1s composed of elght Chinese women, two Japanese, two Syrians and two icans. So carefully do the Buddhist priests watch Ne 26,000 Japanese schools that when any of the 29,000 teachers engaged in them begin to be interested in Christianity he is quietly dismissed Rev. Dr. I, E. Clark, the founder of the Christian Endeavor soclety, has gone to Eu rops for rest. While there he will introduce wie soclety into Germany, Denmark and Seandinavia. A meeting was recently held in Westphalia for the purpose of oiganizing Christian work- men, bo h P'rotest.nt and Catholic, into tra‘es unfons in order to counterbalance the effect of the soclalist unions. Archdeacon Jeftries spent In India, say verted Christian as labor, the drinkillg have made 1,000 drunkards Hesides being a clergyman Rev. 1. M. Springer of Bells Vernon, Pa., Is a justice of the peace, an undertaker and a furniture dealer. He can also make an omelette and edit a paper better than the editor himself Rev. Edward Allen of Somerset, England is sald to be the oldest clergyman in the English church, being now in his 97th year He reads and writes without using glasses. Next to him come Dean Macartney of Mel- bourne, Australia, in his 96th year: Bish ord of Chichester, who is 95, and Rev. Glyn of Witchampton, who i 5 Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia of the grat orators of the Roman utholic church, enjoys a joke at his own expense. His lair 18 very red and when the red hat was conferred on Archbishop Gilbons he remarked to a friend: “Well, well, 1 suppos: [ shall never get the red bat. But no matter; I have a beautiful red head. " According o the Home News, Londor the sultan of Turkey is anxlous to take steps to counteract the growth of christianity in Africa. Numerous emissarics, Mussul- man priests and others arc being dispatched we are told, at the expense of th: sultan’s privy purse. to Africa, In order to spread the mosl:m religlon and ideas, and thus to create a barrfer to the advince of the Christian powers In the dark continent The sultanic scheme will, we may safely believe, prove less formidable in practice than on paper. The privy purse after thirty-one years “For one really con- the fruit of missionary practice of the English who Is referred | t) 1s not overflowing and missionary enter- prise fs not to be presecuted without funds, Rev. Dr. B. Winchester Donald, formerly of this city, who succeeded the late Bishop. Brooks as rector of Trinity church, Bostan, speaks severely of “small soul d Episcopa fans who report large gains when they have only gathered into their folds a number of Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians and mem« bers of other denominations.” He says such not indicate an increase of the but only a shifting of the troops.' During the past year the net gain in the Epworth league has been 4,000 chapters, making the pres nt total 16,000, including the 3,000 chapters of the Junfor league. There is a plan for & rally on Thanks- glving day, at which each member will Le expected to contribute 50 cents toward the misslonary collection of th: church, and It is calculated that this will bring in $260,000. Another feature of the work conducted by the league {s the establishment of orphan- ages. The league In Chicago supports the chifidren’s home of that city. - FAIRY RING3 OF HELENA, Theorles Advanced as to Thelr Orlgin—Com= mon in ! ste ntani. 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